Learning Their Craft
Young pianists tour New York’s Steinway Factory.
Seven Centuries in Eighty Minutes
In an ambitious program, Jeremy Denk surveys the history of Western music.
by Catherine Womack
Mozart In Rosendal
Reportage from Leif Ove Andsnes’s chamber music festival
By Ben Finane
Jazz Lightning Strikes Twice
Two archival discoveries present Steinway Immortal Bill Evans in 1968 alongside Eddie Gomez and Jack DeJohnette.
by Bradley Bambarger
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Sprinting Toward Music
Aisa Ijiri on athletics and pianism
By Ben Finane
Writing Songs in Reykjavik
In conversation with singer–songwriters Markéta Irglová and Helgi Jonsson on craft and craftsmanship in Iceland
By Ben Finane
Piano Became My Confessor — Jean-Michel Blais
Jean-Michel Blais on his music, his Tourette’s, and finding his Steinway Sound.
By Justin D. Joffe
Chang-Yong Shin — Musical Expression
Pianist ChingYong Shin on grappling with the Classical repertoire
By Ben Finane
Freezing a Moment of Infinite Possibility
Pianist Jeremy Denk on the stakes of recording Bach’s Goldberg Variations
By Thomas May
The Humanist — Murray Perahia
Murray Perahia discusses the pull of Bach, the invention Of Haydn, his love for Mozart, editing the Beethoven Sonatas, the influence Of Heinrich Schenker, and the importance Of rubato.
By Ben Finane
Downtown, You're Legendary
Now eighty, a look back at the Village Vanguard’s unlikely path
By Jed Distler
Playing the Barre
The invisible but indispensable ballet rehearsal pianist.
By Marcia Adair
Power Trio
Lang Lang, Mischa Maisky and Vadim Repin tackle the Russians.
By Damian Fowler
Built to Last
Chopin turns two hundred, with authority.
By Jed Distler
Portrait of a Portraitist
The Life and Times of Virgil Thomson
By Jed Distler
Writer's Respite
Music as solace from words
By Ben Finane
A Ceaseless Flow of Invention
Marc-André Hamelin reveals the unexpected.
By Bradley Bambarger
Peter Serkin — A Strange Trip Indeed
Peter Serkin: A Strange Trip Indeed
By Daniel Felsenfeld
In Real Time
Rising pianist Christian Sands on playing jazz
By Ben Finane
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Table for One
Menahem Pressler embarks on a solo career after a lifetime spent playing with others.
By Stuart Isacoff